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School girls in a small village school in a rural area in northern Laos Fewer Laotian girls enroll in schools than boys. [ 5 ] After World War II , many women, such as the silk weavers of the Bai Hai population, became increasingly engaged in unskilled manual labour.
Lao names (Lao: ຊື່ ), like Thai ones, are given in Western order, where the family name goes after the first given name. On official documents, both first given name and surname are written, but it is customary to refer to people in formal situations by their first name, plus titles and honorifics, alone.
History of women in Laos (2 C) O. Women's organizations based in Laos (1 C) S. Women's sport in Laos (3 C, 1 P) W. Women's rights in Laos (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... Below is a list of Lao people (persons from Laos, or of Lao descent). Resident ...
The shock and trauma are evident in what women wove. Women were then, and remain today, “the backbone of Lao society,” said Linda McIntosh, a textile specialist in Luang Prabang, Laos.
Apparently her daughter’s first name was inspired by Hollywood starlet Katherine Hepburn and the middle name Swati was chosen as a tribute to her Indian heritage and, more importantly, her ...
A number of significant Buddha images to Lao history have been lost or taken during the conflicts of the nineteenth and twentieth century. The most significant is the “Emerald Buddha,” or Phra Kaew, which resides at the Grand Palace in Bangkok as the palladium of Thailand.
As the name suggests, r/RareHistoricalPhotos showcases the lesser-seen photographs taken throughout the ages. It has more than 162,000 members, and publishes historical photographs,